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Leaders of the late-’80s/early-’90s dance club-influenced Manchester scene, English rock outfit Happy Mondays are back with their latest release The Early EP’s, which features their first four mini albums: Forty Five EP, the Freaky Dancin/The Egg EP, the Tart Tart EP and the 24 Hour Party People EP. Remastered from the original two-inch tapes held in the Factory/London records archive, expect to find gems in this collective from the likes of ‘The Egg’, ‘Yahoo’, and ‘This Feeling’ to opening track ‘Delightful’, ‘Freaky Dancin’ (Live)’, ‘Little Matchstick Owen’ and more from this legendary group.



Get tickets to see Happy Mondays at O2 Academy Leeds on Saturday 7th December.